With SK Rapid, is a second club able to make it into the round of 16 in the Football Conference League alongside LASK? The chances are good before today’s second leg against Vitesse Arnhem (9 p.m., Servus TV live) after the 2-1 win in Vienna.
LASK will also take a look at this game today. A game against Rapid in the round of 16 is still out of the question. Teams from the same country can only be drawn against each other from the quarter-finals onwards. Vitesse Arnhem, on the other hand, would be a possible opponent. LASK will meet one of those teams in the round of 16 on March 10th (away) and March 17th (at home in St. Pölten) that will be promoted today. Among them are such prominent names as PSV Eindhoven, Olympique Marseille, Leicester City, Celtic Glasgow, Fenerbahce Istanbul, Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague.
Even before you know who your opponent is, the people of Linz are already deliberately starting to sell tickets in advance. Under the motto “Blind Date”, those fans who want to see their club in the European Cup regardless of the opponent’s name can purchase tickets.
At Rapid, coach Ferdinand Feldhofer speaks of a “historic opportunity”, since Hütteldorfer would be in a European round of 16 for the first time since 1997. At that time, Rapid had lost out in the UEFA Cup against Lazio Rome. With the away goals rule abolished, any Vitesse win by a goal would see extra time. Rapid doesn’t want to create a draw today. Feldhofer: “We’re definitely not going to go 0-0, that’s not in our DNA. We’ll play to win from the start.”
Source: Nachrichten
